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Continue reading →: The power of words in The Help
Got out to see The Help yesterday – and it is an amazing movie. I haven’t read the book, but pals Tina McCulloch and Victoria Shepherd and I were talking about the movie when we hung out at Into the Woods on Friday night – and I hear it’s a good adaptation. The…
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Continue reading →: Big fun & adventure in the woods
I am a Sondheim virgin no longer. Yes, it’s true. While I was familiar with some of his work – certainly play titles and some of the songs – I had never actually seen any of the plays. For those of you who haven’t seen it, Into the Woods is…
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Continue reading →: Going Into the Woods tonight
Hey all – as I mentioned in a post last week, StageWorks Toronto is presenting a short run of Into the Woods at the Annex Theatre, featuring actor Steve Flett (who you’ll know from various productions about town at Alumnae Theatre, Amicus, East Side Players, Toronto Fringe, etc.). The show opened last…
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Continue reading →: T.V. confession
Okay, so – not to sound like a total freak, but here goes … If you’ve visited the T.V. page recently, you’ll see that I’ve been watching All My Children. Okay, so, to clarify – I’ve been watching the Bianca/Marissa (aka Minx) storyline, mostly on YouTube. I’m not generally a soap…
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Continue reading →: Jane Aww-sten
I gotta tell ya, with all this summer theatre going on – not to mention the new network scheduling of new shows at this time of year (Rookie Blue, Combat Hospital and Murdoch Mysteries, to name a few) – it’s been a challenge to find time to read. So I’ve been…
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Continue reading →: Fun in dysfunction
More SummerWorks and outdoor theatre this past weekend, including two closing performances… Friday night I was back at the Factory Theatre Studio for Freda & Jem’s Best of the Week (by Lois Fine, directed by Judith Thompson). I saw this on their closing night and the place was packed. Thanks to…
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Continue reading →: Just one more thing…
Not to be too Columbo about this – I normally don’t post twice in one day – but saw this article with video in the Toronto Star re Tommy Taylor’s SummerWorks play You Should Have Stayed Home: http://www.thestar.com/unassigned/article/1038649–stage-play-takes-you-inside-g20-s-crammed-jail?bn=1 So tonight at midnight would be an excellent time to see this. I recommend getting…
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Continue reading →: StageWorks Toronto goes Into the Woods
Hey kids – with all the SummerWorks and outdoor theatre going on, I’m very pleased to say there’s more short run summer theatre happening: StageWorks Toronto’s production of Into the Woods (music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and book by James Lapine) directed by Lorraine Green-Kimsa, with music direction by Tara…
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Continue reading →: Little Crickets with a whip
SummerWorks adventures continued last night at the Factory Theatre Studio with Little Crickets (by Douglas Campbell, directed by Byron Laviolette, and produced by Foundry Theatre gals Elisabeth Feltaous and Nicole Grainger – and stage-managed by my pal Julie Florio). Laviolette notes in the program that “Little Crickets is first and foremost a Post…
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Continue reading →: Harry’s big finish
Hey y’all – so I finally got out to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 last night – and it was awesome! It opened nearly a month ago and between my schedule and trying to get together with friends to see it, it took some time…







